Little Neck, Queens

Little Neck is a community in the New York City borough (New York City) of Queens. It is the northeast corner of Queens, bordered on the north by Little Neck Bay and on the east by Great Neck in Nassau County. Due to this proximity to Nassau, Little Neck remains one of the most suburban-looking areas in New York City. The southern border is the Grand Central Parkway, and to the west is Douglaston. The Little Neck station is the easternmost New York City station on the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 11. [ [http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb_queens.shtml Queens Community Boards] , New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.]

Little Neck is home to the busiest of approximately a dozen remaining railway grade crossings in New York City. [ [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/gradecross/gradecross.html Perilous Crossings] , accessed November 27, 2006]

Littleneck (or little neck) clams live in the sound, but are not named for this area. They are the smallest size of quahog clams.

Education

Bayside is part of the New York City Department of Education's district 26, the highest performing school district for grades K-9 in all of New York City. The district includes 20 elementary schools and 5 middle schools. [ [http://queens.about.com/cs/realestate/a/real_july03_2.htm Roleke, Krissy. "Bayside, NY: Queens Neighborhood Profile for Bayside"] , About.com. Accessed July 15, 2006.]

Little Neck is home to [http://schools.nyc.gov/OurSchools/Region3/Q094/default.htm?searchType=school PS 94 David D. Porter] , [http://schools.nyc.gov/OurSchools/Region3/Q221/default.htm?searchType=school PS 221 North Hills] , and [http://schools.nyc.gov/OurSchools/Region75/Q811/default.htm?searchType=school PS 811] (a multiple handicap school, formerly known as PS 187, or the Marathon School). It is also home to [http://schools.nyc.gov/OurSchools/Region3/Q067/default.htm?searchType=school Louis Pasteur Middle School 67Q] . This is a school for the gifted with 900 students.

Notable residents

*Alan Kalter, announcer on "The Late Show with David Letterman". [ [http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/show_info/bios/cast13.php Late Show with David Letterman Cast bio: Alan Kalter] , accessed December 10, 2006]
*Anthony Raneri, of Alternative band Bayside.Fact|date=December 2007
*George Tenet, former Director of Central Intelligence for the United States. His father was a chef at the diner on the corner of Northern Boulevard and Little Neck Parkway, selling it in 1963. It was later renamed The Jacobean Diner, and is now known as Scobee Diner. He attended PS 94 David D. Porter and Louis Pasteur Middle School 67Q in Little Neck and Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside. [ [http://gothamgazette.com/community/19/news/547 George Tenet is welcome back home in Little Neck] , "Times Ledger", June 10, 2004]
*Crystal Liu also lived here as she studied at Louis Pasteur during her stay at America.

References

External links

* [http://www.dlnhs.org/ Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society]
* [http://www.littleneck.net/ Little Neck Douglaston Community Web Site]
* [http://www.littleneck.net/cb11/ Community Board #11 Queens, NY]
* [http://www.littleneckpines.org/ Little Neck Pines Civic Association, Inc.]
* [http://www.littleneck.net/westmoreland/ Westmoreland Association, Inc.]